Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728 Indenture between Livingston, William Kidd and Richard Blackham re: privateering

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GLC03107.00239
GLC#
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Type
Documents
Date
1696/02/07
Author/Creator
Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
Title
Indenture between Livingston, William Kidd and Richard Blackham re: privateering
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1p. : docket : Height: 24.3 cm, Width: 18.3 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
The Thirteen Colonies

Indenture for one-fifteenth of the share of "goods m[er]chandizes or . . . other thiungs of value" amassed by Captain Kidd and his crew of the Adventure Galley, in their privateering efforts in the Red Sea. Detailed to seek the pirates who preyed upon ships from "new England R[h]ode Island, New Yorke & Elsewhere", Kidd and his crew were promised pay only upon the capture of a pirate ship. Blackham is offered a full refund in the event that Kidd fails in his charge.

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